Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse

Location : 3651 Wheeler Road, Augusta, GA 30909

Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse

Doctors Hospital of Augusta

Full-Time Nights >

12 Hours 7P-7A / Weekend Rotation

Doctors Hospital of Augusta has provided quality healthcare services since 1973. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology.

With nearly 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 350+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities.

We offer a wide range of services for our patients. Our services include our nationally recognized Burn Center and Cancer Center , accredited by the American College of Surgeons.

We are Chest Pain Accredited. We have earned the Joint Commission's certificate of distinction for total hip and total knee replacement and spinal fusion surgery and are the only CARF accredited facility in the area .

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse in Labor & Delivery, you are responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for patients.

You serve as a key position of the interdependent team, and hold responsibility for achieving positive patient and unit outcomes.

What you will do in this role :

You will demonstrate proficiency in assessment, treatment, and care for laboring moms and for newborns

You will work in collaboration with other members of the health care team to protect, promote and optimize health and ability, prevent illness and injury, alleviate suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocate in the care of individuals and families

You will exhibit the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, based on physical, psycho / social, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patient / s

You will contribute to the practice of nursing through participation in Shared Governance, attendance at unit meetings, completion of surveys, sharing of ideas through informal and formal channels of communication

You will consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services

What qualifications you may need :

Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing : Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required

Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and / or hold an active Compact / Multi-State RN license

A current American Heart Association (AHA) or client Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required

Will only consider candidates with a minimum of 1 year of recent ED, ICU or Labor & Delivery experience

will not accept Home Health, Prison / Correctional experience)

Relocation : Case by Case Basis

Sign-On Bonus : Case by Case Basis